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More than 400 individuals participated in the 2008 Clinical Update in Geriatric Medicine Conference held in April at the Omni William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh, the largest group attending since the conference inception in 1993.
The three-day program featured an array of in-depth and key topics on geriatric conditions, end of life care issues, medical legal issues, appropriate antibiotic use, palliative care and long-term care issues. Local faculty conducted 18 breakout workshops designed to provide participants with greater insight and practical information on patient care.
Geriatrics professionals from all disciplines, including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, physician assistants, social workers, long term care and managed care providers, and health care administrators participated in key plenary sessions and three outstanding symposia on Responsible Antibiotic Stewardship, Controversies in Prescribing Drugs in the Elderly and Medical Legal Liability Issues.
Previously awarded the American Geriatrics Society Achievement Award for Excellence in a CME Program, the annual event continues to draw respected international and national authorities, as well as nationally renowned faculty to present lectures. Additional sponsors include the University of Pittsburgh Institute on Aging; and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences. Victor Rudkin, MD, Judith Black, MD, MHA, and Neil Resnick, MD served as course directors.
Congratulations to the 2008 David C. Martin Award recipients, Shaan Alli, Maria De La Luz Nieto, David Hamel, Jr., Gerhardt Konig, David Mendelson, David Montag, Laura Raducha-Grace, Jean-Claude Rwigema, Elissa Stern, Bryan Ward, and WanWan Xu, each a medical student attending the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
This prestigious award supports medical students' interest in geriatrics by offering recipients an honorarium to defray the costs of attending the American Geriatrics Society national conference. This year's awardees each received an honorarium of $700.00. Recipients were honored at a dinner meeting held April 3, 2008 at the Omni William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh, PA. The dinner was held in conjunction with the 2008 Clinical Update in Geriatric Medicine, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Geriatrics Society - Western Division; the University of Pittsburgh Institute on Aging; and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences. Each student was presented with a certificate of excellence along with the honorarium check. Below are the titles of the winning abstracts.
| Shaan Alli |
~ Daf-2 Regulated Genes in Sarcopenia
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| Maria De La Luz Nieto |
~ Cognitive Predictors of Physical Function in Older African Americans
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| David Hamel, Jr. |
~ Humoral Fingerprints of Health Status in Order Adults
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| Gerhardt Konig |
~ Bioreactor for Long-Term Culture of Cartilage Constructs
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| David Mendelson |
~ Age-Dependent Effects of Inhibitory Function on Balance
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| David Montag |
~ CD56 is a Functional Immune Receptor For Aging T Cells
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| Laura Raducha-Grace |
~ Demographic and Psychosocial Factors Associated with Concordant Knee Pain Patterns in Osteoarthritis Initiative Study Participants With BiLateral Knee Pain
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| Jean-Claude Rwigema |
~ The Relationship of White Matter Hyperintensities (WMH) Location and Volume, on Executive Function and Mood in the Elderly
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| Elissa Stern |
~ Can the Fried Criteria Be Used to Detect Changes in Frailty?
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| Bryan Ward |
~ Focal White Matter Hyperintensity in the Aging Vestibular System
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| WanWan Xu |
~ Height Loss, Vertebral Fractures and Misclassification of Osteoporosis
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The award is named after David C. Martin, MD, who established the first geriatric fellowship in Pittsburgh, PA. The ultimate goal of this prestigious award is to encourage and prepare future physicians in the field of geriatric medicine. Since its inception, the Society is proud to have awarded over $39,700.00 to medical students interested in the field of geriatric medicine.
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